spanish american war
Spain, when the US battleship Maine sank in Havana harbor. It was believed that the Spanish had sunk the American battleship with a command-detonated mine, but after the war it was discovered that the Maine was sunk by an internal explosion.
After the battleship Maine was blown up in Havana harbor, the battle cry through the ensuing Spanish American War was, "Remember the Maine!"
"Remember the Maine" was the slogan associated with the Spanish-American War. I am not sure that McKinley used it. The slogan referred to the sinking of the US battleship Maine which exploded and sunk for uncertain reasons in the Havana harbor.
The Maine
The ARA General Belgrano .
Spain, when the US battleship Maine sank in Havana harbor. It was believed that the Spanish had sunk the American battleship with a command-detonated mine, but after the war it was discovered that the Maine was sunk by an internal explosion.
The Maine was sunk in Havana Harbour, 15 February 1898
"Remember the Maine," referring to the battleship USS Maine sunk in Havana Harbor and blamed on the Spanish.
A USN steel constructed battleship which was sunk while docked in Cuba. The sinking sparked the Spanish-American War of 1898.
After the battleship Maine was blown up in Havana harbor, the battle cry through the ensuing Spanish American War was, "Remember the Maine!"
With the blowing up of the USS Maine battleship in Havana harbor.
"Remember the Maine" was the slogan associated with the Spanish-American War. I am not sure that McKinley used it. The slogan referred to the sinking of the US battleship Maine which exploded and sunk for uncertain reasons in the Havana harbor.
The Maine
The ARA General Belgrano .
War time or peace time? In peace time, the major warships sunk in the ocean have been: 1. Battleship USS Oklahoma, sunk while under tow to California after WWII. 2. Battleship USS Arkansas, sunk by an Atomic Bomb, during testing in the Pacific in 1946. 3. Battleship USS Nevada, sunk for target practice in the Pacific. 4. Battleship USS Pennsylvania, sunk for target practice in the Pacific. 5. Battleship USS New York, sunk for target practice in the Pacific. Wartime, in the ocean: British Battleship HMS Prince of Wales was sunk by Japanese airplanes in the Pacific (South China Sea-part of the Pacific). Japanese Battleship IJN Yamato, sunk by US airplanes in the Pacific. German Battleship DKM Bismarck, sunk itself in the Atlantic.
The Maine sunk before the Spanish-American War.
The USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana Harbor. It precipitated the US and Spain into the Spanish-American War.